Ukraine PM calls debt deal a blow to enemy Russia

Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Kiev - Arab Today

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday that the crucial debt deal struck between Kiev and its private creditors had delivered a blow to "enemy" Russia.

"The default that our enemy was awaiting did not happen," Yatsenyuk told a government meeting after Ukraine's biggest commercial lenders agree to a 20-percent write-down on the face value of their debt.